[CS-FSLUG] calendar and reminder

[Ed Hurst]

Frank Bax wrote:

>>>I don't use any calendar app. I use cron to send myself email reminders in
>>>the future or on fixed schedule.
>>
>>Won't work for me. I tried it. Having ADD means needing something that
>>remembers for me, and I may not read system mail for a few days at a time.
> 
> cron output doesn't have to be system mail.  You can either use
>          MAILTO=ed
> in a user's crontab to send output to any local user; or you can create a 
> cron entry like:
> 
> 0 5 1 */3 *    echo 'every three months' | mail -s 'oil change due' 
> ehurst at asisaid.com
> 
> to send an email anywhere. 

Not to be a crank, but my situation won't permit that. Because I'm on 
household DSL, most mail servers have my IP in their blocklists, and for 
the most part, justly so. My mail server can't get out.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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